Orwell & Nineteen Eighty-Four

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The paragraph could just as easily be an allusion to this as 9/11.
Especially since 9/11 was not characterized by any bombs falling. Pick an
allusion any allusion.

"We at least know why we in the Homeland have to make these sacrifices. They
seem to me more than bearable, especially given the sacrifices those in the
areas subject to bombing attacks have been enduring nearly every night. Our
enemy is attacking all they have with brutal cynicism, hoping to destroy
their morale. They admit that openly. The German cultural monuments that
they are destroying will be their eternal shame. But they want more than
that. They are waging war against the attitude of our people, destroying
civilian life, killing old people, women and children, and do not even
bother to cloak their infamous bloody terror. (The Minister's remarks draw
repeated shouts of Pfui and disgust.) The Church of England declared a few
days ago that bombs do not distinguish between men, women and children. Even
this seems mild when compared to the demonic hatred and triumph in the
London Jewish papers. We Germans are not the sort of people who beg for
mercy from an enemy who is out to annihilate us. We know that there is only
one effective answer to British-American bombing terror: counter-terror. "

from The Winter Crisis is Over
by Joseph Goebbels (1943)
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/goeb40.htm